Serre Chevalier

Alicebing wrote:Hi misunderstood..
can you tell me anything else about the cimotel? Good food etc? Did your room have a bath? I'm worried i'm gonna need a bath to ease those aching joints after a hard day!
Can't wait to get to Serre...

The rooms did have bath's, not a huge bath though, and the shower attachment isn't fixed on the wall so a bath is the only option really.

As for the food, it was fantastic the week we were there, I was very impressed. They have a group of very talented chefs. Great cakes each afternoon, the homemade soups were wonderful, and there wasn't one dish I could complain about.

Have fun, it's a great resort :-)

off to serre che tomorrow. staying in the grand aigle (equity ski). have read some unfriendly things about the hotel so hopefully will be pleasantly surprised but at least forewarned. i'm more interested in there being plenty of the white stuff. will comment again when i get back ! bring it on.

Off on Thursday to enjoy the last days of the season. There's still loads of white stuff on the webcams.

Well, my time has come to make the trip to Serre Che, and I am going 20th March next year, having found a brilliant deal to a clubhotel (not the one with Inghams!) with flights in and out of Grenoble from Manchester. The piste map looks better every time I look at it. I understand the accommodation is in Chantmerle - not sure if thats particularly good or bad.

Now, the big question is do we take the one extra day on the lift pass in Les 2 Alpes, Alpe d'Huez, Puy St Vincent or pop over to Italy and return to Sauze/Sestriere where I have skied before?

option number one. quench your thirst for new places :mrgreen: . probably better snow too.

I'm back to Serre Che in Jan and hoping the snow falls like last season (the day after we arrived!). I snowboarded in 2Alps the year before and enjoyed the resort - its strange that near complete beginners can ski from the very top on easy runs. Also if conditions aren't great, then more likely to get better conditions in 2Alpes.

Friend of mine took helicopter to Alp D and enjoyed his day there. Dont go ski where you already know on the one day - try something different to Sauze / Sestriere in my opinion.

In that case, I am going to give PSV a go. Looks quite a tidy little place, perfect for a day out. I just dont fancy Les2Alpes and I think I would want a week at Alpe d'Huez to make the most of it.

Do lots of people on J2 ski in France? I have never been, some of the resorts look beautiful. Perhaps I am being silly but my first winter holiday In Austria was a bit of a nightmare, there were 100 french students staying there, and they rampaged the hotel every night, they all stood around the hotel bar and would not let any-one else get served. Then the ski bus, they just pushed and shoved, it was a nightmare. I am just afraid they are all like that. Daft I know but I just can not get it out of my head :lol: